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The Best Episodes of Tales of the Gold Monkey

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The Best Episodes of Tales of the Gold Monkey

In a backwater corner of the South Pacific in 1938, a young American adventurer and his ragtag group of friends become involved in death-defying hi-jinx,...

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  1. Background image for Tales of the Gold Monkey (1)
    7.8/10(293 votes)

    #1 - Tales of the Gold Monkey (1)

    S1:E1

    Freelance pilot Jake Cutter and his mechanic Corky become involved with Nazis and American Sarah Stickney White while searching the south Pacific for a mythical gold monkey.

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  2. Background image for The Late Sarah White
    7.7/10(48 votes)

    #2 - The Late Sarah White

    S1:E11

    Jake and Corky fly to the Philippines to explore the reports of Sarah's death while on a mission involving MacArthur.

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  3. Background image for Mourning Becomes Matuka
    7.7/10(41 votes)

    #3 - Mourning Becomes Matuka

    S1:E22

    Princess Kogi hires Jake as a bodyguard after an attempt on her life during a birthday celebration.

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    Director:Unknown
  4. Background image for A Distant Shout of Thunder
    7.5/10(46 votes)

    #4 - A Distant Shout of Thunder

    S1:E21

    Sarah is used as a scapegoat by an island revolutionary who accuses her of removing a sacred statue from a cemetery on the island.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Tales of the Gold Monkey (2)
    7.4/10(83 votes)

    #5 - Tales of the Gold Monkey (2)

    S1:E2

    Freelance pilot Jake Cutter and his mechanic Corky become involved with Nazis and American Sarah Stickney White while searching the south Pacific for a mythical gold monkey.

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  6. Background image for High Stakes Lady
    7.4/10(46 votes)

    #6 - High Stakes Lady

    S1:E15

    Jake acts as a bodyguard to a lady gambler during a high stakes poker game.

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    Director:James Frawley
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Last Chance Louie
    7.4/10(49 votes)

    #7 - Last Chance Louie

    S1:E18

    Louie is sentenced to the guillotine for murder, and his only defense is an old story he doesn't want to get out.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Naka Jima Kill
    7.4/10(45 votes)

    #8 - Naka Jima Kill

    S1:E19

    An ambitious newswoman tricks Jake into flying her to Princess Kogi's island for an interview with the Japanese defense minister, a recent target for assassination.

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    Director:Unknown
  10. Background image for Force of Habit
    7.2/10(45 votes)

    #9 - Force of Habit

    S1:E16

    An old friend of Jake's turns up on Tagataya looking for help with a mission of mercy.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Legends Are Forever
    7.1/10(59 votes)

    #10 - Legends Are Forever

    S1:E5

    A former Flying Tiger asks Jake's help in finding the fabled lost treasure of King Solomon.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for God Save the Queen
    7.1/10(46 votes)

    #11 - God Save the Queen

    S1:E14

    Jake helps foil an attempt to hijack an ocean liner carrying the Duke of Windsor.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Once a Tiger...
    7.0/10(52 votes)

    #12 - Once a Tiger...

    S1:E8

    Jake leads the search for a downed plane flown by a former Flying Tiger transporting a prototype gunsight of interest to the Japanese.

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Honor Thy Brother
    7.0/10(52 votes)

    #13 - Honor Thy Brother

    S1:E9

    Jake is followed by the brother of a Japanese pilot he shot down while he was still a Flying Tiger in China, and Corky struggles to avoid a prearranged marriage.

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    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Boragora or Bust
    7.0/10(44 votes)

    #14 - Boragora or Bust

    S1:E20

    Jake's prospector buddy stands to lose his platinum strike to an unscrupulous businessman from the States.

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    Director:Ivan Dixon
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Shanghaied
    6.9/10(70 votes)

    #15 - Shanghaied

    S1:E3

    Corky is kidnapped by Princess Kogi's half brother to repair the engines of his slave ship.

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    Director:Alan J. Levi
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Escape From Death Island
    6.9/10(56 votes)

    #16 - Escape From Death Island

    S1:E6

    Jake and Corky are imprisoned on an island penal colony when they try to free the son of an Englishman.

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    Director:James Frawley
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Trunk From the Past
    6.9/10(52 votes)

    #17 - Trunk From the Past

    S1:E7

    Sarah receives a mysterious trunk from her late father and it leads her to a lost civilization.

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  19. Background image for Cooked Goose
    6.9/10(45 votes)

    #18 - Cooked Goose

    S1:E17

    A Clipper pilot is beaten and his bride apparently kidnapped by Princess Kogi and held for ransom.

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    Director:Unknown
  20. Background image for Black Pearl
    6.8/10(68 votes)

    #19 - Black Pearl

    S1:E4

    Jake, posing as a defecting U.S. scientist, and Sarah search for an experimental German bomb and a famed black pearl.

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    Director:Victor Lobl
  21. Background image for The Sultan of Swat
    6.8/10(48 votes)

    #20 - The Sultan of Swat

    S1:E12

    Jake tries to help a former baseball hero who is accused of murdering a local girl on Boragora.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Lady and the Tiger
    6.4/10(51 votes)

    #21 - The Lady and the Tiger

    S1:E10

    Jake is shot down and rescued by an Amish widow and her son, who hide him from the Japanese occupying their island.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Ape Boy
    6.3/10(50 votes)

    #22 - Ape Boy

    S1:E13

    Jake and Sarah help an abandoned boy found living among the apes on an isolated island.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Tales of the Gold Monkey (1)" is the best rated episode of "Tales of the Gold Monkey". It scored 7.8/10 based on 293 votes. Directed by Ray Austin and written by Donald P. Bellisario, it aired on 9/22/1982. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Late Sarah White".